Considered by some to be the Mount Everest of crop genomes, the challenging wheat genome is close to being scaled. An international team has produced a draft of wheat's DNA sequence, one that identifies many of its...
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How do cacti have sex?
You might think the answer is "very carefully", but in the case of Opuntia fragilis, it turns out to be "not at all". Considering its aversion to reproduction, one wonders how the brittle prickly...
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Why are U.S. salt marshes falling apart?
Salt marshes have been disintegrating and dying over the past two decades along the U.S. Eastern seaboard and other highly developed coastlines, without anyone fully understanding why. A new paper reports that...
Swings and Roundabouts and Biofuel
The European Commission says clearing land in order to plant biofuel crops can often cancel out the environmental benefits of biofuel. In some cases forests are chopped down. The EU is putting a cap of 5% on the food...
